Table 40

Number of victim officers killed with firearms while wearing body armor and receiving torso wounds

100

11

9

11

8

12

15

9

7

9

9

Entered between side panels of vest

11

0

1

0

1

1

2

3

2

0

1

Entered through armhole or shoulder area of vest

38

5

5

8

3

2

2

3

2

6

2

Entered above vest (front or back of neck, collarbone area, etc.)

13

2

0

1

0

2

3

1

1

1

2

Entered below vest (abdominal or lower back area)

15

1

1

1

3

3

2

1

0

0

3

Penetrated through vest (round more powerful than vest's capabilities/specifications)

17

3

0

1

1

4

4

0

1

2

1

Penetrated through vest (body armor failure)

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Not reported

3

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

1Because one victim in 2000 was wearing a front panel vest and received a fatal firearm wound to the rear upper torso/back, the point of entry breakdown does not add to the total.

2Because one victim in 2004 was wearing body armor that was not penetrated but received a fatal wound to the front upper torso/chest from blunt force trauma, the point of entry breakdown does not add to the total.